Book Errors/Mistakes: Prisoner of Azkaban

Following is a list of errors/mistakes in the book.

1) In Chapter 19, The Servant of Lord Voldemort, page 370, it states that Voldemort had been hiding for 15 years. If his power was lost only twelve years ago, why was he hiding that extra three years?

2) In chapter 15, The Quidditch Final, it said Madam Hooch's whistle rang out as she soared over to Montague and began shouting at him. A minute later, Katie had put another penalty past the Slytherin SEEKER. It should say the Slytherin Keeper.

3) Page 428, chapter 22: it took a moment for Harry to realize what a person called "Dumblefore" had just said. Note: This was fixed in later versions.

4) Harry's exams finished on June 6th because that is the day when they go down to Hagrid's (it says in a letter that Buckbeak will be executed on the 6th and Ron says that's the day we finish our exams). After they leave Hagrid's, they go down through the Whomping Willow. When they come out, the full moon shows when a cloud gets pushed away and Lupin turns into a werewolf. The problem is that in 1993, the Full Moon fell out on June 4th not June 6th. Therefore, Lupin should not have turned into a werewolf as it was not a full moon.

5) Harry, Ron, and Hermione identify Lupin by his trunk, on which could be read PROFESSOR R.J. LUPIN in peeling letters. But he was only a professor from then on, so why would the letters be peeling?

6) On page 341 (American Hardback) it says "Ron crawled to the four-poster and collapsed onto it" but then when Professor Lupin comes in, it says "His eyes flickered over Ron, lying on the floor." This cannot be, as Ron is lying on the bed.

7) After Harry and Hermione get back from saving Sirius and Buckbeak, Dumbledore locks them inside the hospital wing. However, it says "Harry and Hermione slipped back inside the dormitory." It should say hospital wing.

When they first leave the Shrieking Shack, Crookshanks went first, followed by Lupin, Pettigrew and Ron, and then Snape, Harry and Hermione and finally Sirius. However, when they go back in time and see themselves come out, Lupin, Pettigrew and Ron come out first, followed by Hermione, then Snape, then Harry and Black.

9) On page 285 (American book) somebody called Snap picked up Harry's Zonko bag. The e on Snape is missing.

10) On page 429 (American version), it says that for a half hour Harry believed that he would be staying with Sirius at his home. Yet in the Goblet of Fire (page 23, American version) it says that for one hour Harry believed he would be staying with Sirius. Either the Prisoner of Azkaban should say one hour, or the Goblet of Fire should say half an hour. ? Thanks to Zachery

12) On page 199, chapter 10, the second paragraph after the Ministry of Magic notice, the sentence reads: "Yes, but, but" Hermoine seemed to be struggling to find another problem. Hermione's name is spelled incorrectly, the "o" before the "i".

13) In book 3, page 174, it says "...Harry fumbled for his alarm clock and looked at it." However, alarm clocks are muggle technology, and therefore should not work within Hogwart's grounds.

14) It says on page 250, (American hardback), chapter thirteen, that all of the players on the Ravenclaw ride on Cleansweep Sevens, but on page 254 it states that Wood told Harry that Cho Chang (Ravenclaw Seeker) had rides a Comet Two Sixty.

15) In Book 3 on page 133 Lupin says, "Nobody knows what a boggart looks like when he is alone..." However, in Book 5 Mrs. Weasley believes there is a boggart in the drawer of the dresser upstairs. She then asks Mad-Eye Moody what it is and he says that it is a boggart (he can see it because of his magic eye). He would be seeing what a boggart looks like when it's alone, wouldn't he?

16) When everyone thought that Sirius had killed Pettigrew, why didn't the Ministry of Magic check the last spell on Sirius's wand to see if he actually cast the Avada Kedavra spell on Pettigrew?

17) On page 324, it says that after his exam with Professor Trelawney, "Harry got up, picked up his bag and turned to go" but then Professor Trelawney began her prediction. The book then says, "Her eyes started to roll. Harry sat there in a panic." How could Harry be sitting when it states that he got up right before Professor Trelawney began her prediction?

1 It is explained how Hagrid was the one who found the Potters dead in their home. It is also explained that the Fidelius Charm was performed to hide the Potters' house and that Peter Pettigrew was the only one who knew the Charm's secret (apart from Sirius who first told Peter). He duly revealed the secret to Voldemort. However, if Pettigrew was the only one with the secret and Voldemort was the only one he told, how did Hagrid find the Potters' House?

19) On p. 270 Sirius says "Voldemort, teach me tricks?" then Pettigrew flinches like a whip was brandished. Then later, it says, "Innocent, but scared!" squealed Pettigrew. "If Voldemort's supporters were after me..." If he was scared of hearing Voldemort's name, why would he use it?

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Published on: 2005-06-04 (1484 reads)